Reportedly, Apple (AAPL) beat second-quarter estimates reporting $1.52 a share on sales of $97.28 billion in the quarter ended March 26. Analysts expected the iPhone giant to earn $1.42 a share on sales of $94 billion. On a year-over-year basis, Apple sales and earnings both increased 9%.
Here’s how the other segments performed:
- Apple’s iPhone sales increased 5% to $50.57 billion. Smartphones contributed 52% of the company’s total sales in the period.
- Apple’s services revenue which includes the App Store, AppleCare, iCloud, Apple Pay, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and other offerings climbed 17% to $19.82 billion in the fiscal second quarter.
- Apple’s Mac computer sales soared nearly 15% to $10.44 billion.
- iPad tablet sales dropped 2% to $7.65 billion.
- Apple’s Wearables, Home, and Accessories unit reported a 12% sales gain to $8.81 billion in the quarter.
- No specific guidance for the current quarter was released.
- Apple raised its quarterly dividend by 5% to 23 cents a share and also announced an increase in its share repurchase program of $90 billion.
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